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ARDIS CAMERON, professor of American and New England
studies, was a guest on the American Library Association's
radio program "StoryLines New England" discussing "Peyton
Place." The show aired November 14 on Maine Public Radio.
ANNIE FINCH, director of the Stonecoast MFA Program
in Creative Writing, has seven poems in the new issue of Fulcrum
Magazine and three in the new issue of Ars Interpes, published
in Sweden. Her poem, "Elegy For My Father," appears in the
December 2004 issue of The Writer's Chronicle, which also
features an interview with Finch. Among the anthologies that
have recently asked to feature her work are an anthology of
American poetry published in Iran.
MARIUSZ JANKOWSKI, associate professor of electrical
engineering, was invited to present a seminar at the Japan
Institute of Sports Science from November 18 through December
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ZIP KELLOG, reference librarian, gave an overview
of the history and uses of the Penobscot River at the Penobscot
Watershed Science Forum in October at the University of Maine.
DESI LARSEN, associate professor of adult education,
REZA JELALI, manager, Stone House Conference Center,
and ELIZABETH KIMJIN TRAVER, assistant professor of
social work, all have written chapters in the Greenwood Press
book "Child Labor : A Global View" (October 2004).
LYNNE MILLER, professor of education leadership and
co-director of the Southern Maine Partnership, delivered a
paper on " Teacher Leadership: Going Deeper" at the second
International Leadership Summit that was held in Boston on
November 4-5.
SUSAN PICINICH, associate dean, College of Arts and
Sciences, and associate professor of theatre, was asked to
assume the position of vice president of the Maine State Music
Theatre's board of directors.
STEPHEN G. POLLOCK, professor of geology, presented
his paper, "Mineralogical Comparison of Precolumbian Pottery
from Haiti and Early and Middle Ceramic Period Pottery from
Southwestern Maine," at the 116th annual meeting of The Geological
Society of America held November 7-10 in Denver.
LEIGH RAPOSO, assistant director of Marketing and
Brand Management, had her short story "The Fourth Quarter"
in the spring/summer issue of the Potomac Review.
ERIKA WATERS, adjunct professor of English, will be
a Fulbright Scholar in Finland next term where she'll be teaching
multi-ethnic American literature and Caribbean literature
at the University of Turku and Ago Akademi University, both
in Turku.
RICHARD WEST, professor of communication, was elected
vice president of the Eastern Communication Association.
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